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Just like last year, for the 2019 holiday season we crafted a special gift guide that includes some of our favorite hard and soft goods from the year that are sure to please all the gravel cyclists in your life. This year we focused on smaller items that we feel offer a uniquely good value, while still meeting our standards for quality, design and/or proven durability.
Read MoreRide with GPS, our favorite platform for planning gravel routes announced today their first major update in some time. Most notably, their flagship route planner is now available in the Ride with GPS app for iOS and Android.
Read MoreGrinduro, brought to life by founding sponsor Giro Sport Design, has drawn the curtain on a hugely successful 2019 season with the support of global partners Fabric, Maxxis, and Rapha. For 2020, Grinduro’s growth will continue, with six events planned between June and December. Riders around the globe will get to indulge their party-to-race ratios with individual events hosted by world renowned bike brands and supported by Giro and global partners.
Read MoreAfter years of being underwhelmed by existing phone case solutions for cyclists, we decided to make our own. Today we're thrilled to announce our very first original product, the Explore Wallet. Designed and handmade in collaboration with Orucase, we set out to create a minimal phone case without compromising on function or durability.
Read MoreIn an exclusive interview between Craig at The Gravel Ride Podcast and Crusher in the Tushar founder, Burke Swindlehurst talks about his 10 year journey around one of the original great gravel events and the latest development involving its sale to Life Time.
Read MoreWe were deeply saddened to learn that our friend Kevin Lentz died in a terrible accident this past weekend while doing what he loved. I first met Kevin on a trip to Sedona in 2018. He had a remarkable smile and an even bigger motor. We lost a friend, a father, a husband and one of our community’s finest.
Read MoreIf you’re an avid Strava user like we are, you probably noticed something looks a bit different on your latest upload. Scrolling through your activity feed those static maps look a little bit crisper, with some welcome new details since yesterday evening.
Read MoreOur friends at Path Less Pedaled came through with a great video featuring a number of sweet builds from this past weekend’s Chris King Open House in Portland, OR. The show gave builders the chance to show off Chris King’s beautiful new colors, Violet and Matte Bourbon.
Read MoreWe love these Venture gravel tires so much that we teamed up with WTB to give away one pair FREE! Sign up for a chance to in via the form below. Winner get one set of Venture 700 x 40c tires, a set of four 22oz Gravelstoke Purist Bottles and a cool sticker pack.
Read MoreJust in time for cooler weather the good folks at Eliel Cycling announce their Eastern Sierra Collection. Included in the fall apparel launch are all new short and long sleeve jerseys, jackets, vests, base layers, gaiters and socks. We love the imagery captured by the brand’s very own Topher Riley.
Read MoreIt seems like some of our favorite products and designs often come from relatively small brands, creating from a place of passion rather than the result of a marketing strategy. This is certainly the case with the latest collaboration bike from OPEN. This time, delivering a beautiful limited edition Winding Detours adventure bike based on artwork from the newly released ‘Detour Kollection’ by Ass Savers.
Read MoreIn mid-August, The ENVE Builders Summit brought 20 of the world's top custom frame builders to ENVE's Ogden, Utah headquarters for a multi-day event that also included the inaugural Grodeo gravel ride. We pulled together photos of the 8 gravel bikes from the event, all bike images courtesy of John Watson.
Read MoreAt the recent SBT GRVL event in Steamboat Springs we caught up with GCN Presenter Simon Richardson. This being his very first gravel race his Canyon Grail setup wouldn’t be complete without a little help from us at Gravelstoke. We offered him a “Gravel is the Future” bike sticker and he slapped it right on the hover bar.
Read MoreMore than 600 riders, including a number of current and former U.S. professional national champions, descended on Utah’s Tushar Mountains for the ninth annual Crusher in the Tushar gravel event. After one of the fastest races to date it was professional mountain bikers Alex Grant (Gear Rush) and Evelyn Dong (Pivot-Stan’s No Tubes) who crossed the finish line first ahead of their respective Pro/Open fields that were particularly stacked this year with notable road cycling talent.
Read MoreThis OPEN and ENVE Collaboration celebrates the breathtaking views of the high mountain scapes with their glacial granite peaks. Spec’d and designed for dirt with an idyllic dusty colorscape this OPEN U.P. pays simple homage to the wandering unpaved roads of the Swiss Alps where OPEN was born, which when covered in dust and dirt, improves the frames monochromatic aesthetic.
Read MoreAll new Gravelstoke Purist bottles are now available, limited run and selling in pairs.
Read MoreRumored for some time, Andy Kessler and Gerard Vroomen have been hard at work at their “small” company to bring the 3rd drop bar adventure bike to the world. That day has finally come with the announcement of the all new OPEN WI.DE.
Read MoreIn preparation for Hunt of the North we invite you to test your gravel route making skills. Create a route that hits all 5 marked checkpoints on dirt shown on the map using Ride with GPS. Our top 5 favorite routes will win a pair of our latest edition Gravelstoke custom Purist bottles!
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